Machine for depositing liquid confectionery material.



L. A. BERG. l MACHINE EOEVDEPOSITING LIQUID GONEEGTIUNEEY MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1906.

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PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

L. A. BERG. MACHINE FOR DEPOSITING LIQUID GONIEGTIONERY MATERIAL .APPLICATION FILED JUNE-25.1906.

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LUDWIG ALEXANDER BERG, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR DEPOSITING LIQUID CONFECTIONERY MATERIAL.

\ Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907'.

Application filed June 25, 1906. Serial No. 323.357.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG ALEXANDER BERG, a citizen of Hamburg, in the German Empire, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Depositing Liquid Confectionery Material, of which the following is a specification.

This invention refersto machines for depositing liquid or plastic confectionery material in the manufacture of sweets, such as cream candies and the like. Machines of this description are generally provided with a funnellike tank which contains the con-A In the drawing similar letters refer to similar parts.

Figure l shows a machine constructed according to this invention in elevation. Fig. 2 shows a transverse section and Fig. 3 a plan of the same machine. Fig. 4 shows a machine having two tanks for two different mixtures of confectionery material for makingsweets of two different colors. Fig. 5 shows the section of a modified form of the depositing means for depositing more or less liquid confectionery material.

Referring to Figs. 1 3 of the drawing the tank a is provided at its bottom with a preferably removable plate to which the discharge nozzles c are attached. The discharge openings which as has been said above, are oval, the preferably conical nozzles being cut off at an angle, are closed by Stoppers d, which are shaped conical and are provided with a rounded point. The stoppers d are connected to a bar f running along the side of the machine and guided vertically between guide bars g connected with the plate t. In front of the plate there is journaled a shaft i having arms h, which are in pivotal connection with the barf. By turning a handle 7c attached to the shaft i the bar f can be raised and lowered, whereby the nozzles c are opened and closed respectively. Instead of rotating the shaft i by a handle this can be done by other means for instance by an eccentr1c or other mechanical device.

Thus the shaft can be kept in oscillating mo` tion at prescribed intervals, for operating the machine continuously.

In the machine shown in Fig. 4 there are two tanks c and al the nozzles c and c1 of which are placed opposite one another at such a distance that the stoppers d can close both the nozzles c and c1 at the same time. By turning the handle c both series of nozzles c and c1 are opened at the same time and from both tanks an equal quantity of confectionery material is deposited. These quantities `meet at the discharge-openings and drop down together thus forming double sweets, which either consist of two diHerent colored parts or of two parts different in taste as the case may be. Since there is no difficulty in giving the material in the two tanks either a varying or an equal consistency, the two parts of the sweets may either be of any desired different or equal size.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the stopper d1 has a longitudinal bore m, and a lateral opening n, by means of which the bore m may be brought to communicate with the opening of the nozzle c2, to enable a vertical stream of liquor to be deposited. When the stopper d is in the position shown the nozzle c2 is closed and when in its highest positions the nozzle is completely opened. The stopper is guided by a socket g1 preferably attached to the nozzle and is pivoted to an arm 0 attached to the shaft il, which may be operated by a handle c.

I claim:

1. In a machine for depositing liquid or plastic confectionery material a tank for containing the material, provided at its bottom with a number of discharge-nozzles, each be ing cut 0E at an angle to form oval openings, in combination with a corresponding number of stoppers-for closing the discharge openings, a bar to which the Stoppers are attached, and means for raising and lowering the bar to open and close the nozzles simultaneously.

2. In a machine for depositing liquid or plastic confectionery material two tanks for containing material, of different description each tank being provided with discharge nozzles, the nozzles of one tank standing opposite those of the other tank, in combination with Stoppers each adapted to close the nozzles of the tanks opposite each other.

streams, and means to move the Stoppers in 3. In a machine for depositing liquid or" their longitudinal direction.

plastic confectionery material, dischargenozzles cut oiie at the end at an angle, thus forming oval openings, in combination With LUDW IG ALEXANDER BERG' 5 Stoppers for closing the nozzles provided with Witnesses:

a longitudinal central bore and a lateral open- MAX KAEMPFF,

ing, to allow liquor to run out in Vertical OTTO W. HELLMUTH. 

